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Gary Koenig brought French style randonneuring (long distance cycling) to the Denver area in 1993. He has finished 3 PBPs and in the hundreds of thousands of kilometers he has ridden through Colorado, Europe and the continental USA he has observed nothing but the 10 feet of highway in front of his wheel.

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Eddy Merckx is the greatest Tour rider ever

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At first, it looked like Eddy Merckx was the best Tour rider ever. Using different ranking criteria, Lance Armstrong deserves that title. By at...
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Who is the best Tour rider of all time? (Part 3)

In the last post we learned that by some measures Lance Armstrong is the best Tour rider of all time. In an earlier post it looked very much like...
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Who is the best Tour rider of all time? (Part 2)

In a previous article, we showed that Eddy Merckx can still be considered the greatest Tour rider of all time. By one fairly rational methodology, we...
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Who is the best Tour rider of all time?

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The question has swirled in the past, but it has never been debated quite as vociferously by cycling partisans as it is during Grand Tour season:...
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Is Tom Boonen the next Frank Vandenbroucke?

The headlines blared “Boonen barred from Tour after testing positive for cocaine”. That headline of course, was from June 11, 2008....
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Rub out cycling aches and pains with a sports massage

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All serious bicycle racing fans know that our racing heroes are treated to regular massages, especially during hard stage races like the Giro...
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Americans at the Giro d’Italia

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With rare exceptions the Giro d’Italia has not been kind to Americans. In fairness, Americans have given pretty short shrift to the second most...
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The spirit of Cinco de Mayo – when (a cyclist from) Mexico beat (all the cyclists of) France

Quick Quiz. The holiday known as Cinco de Mayo celebrates: a) Mexican independence; b) the invention of Mayonnaise; c) the routing of the French army...
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Bicyclists, you should have been there

Bicycle Colorado’s Bike Gala Friday night at the Colorado Mountain Museum was the place to be for bicyclists who care about the rights of all...
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Rock Racing loses Hamilton and Creed

Tyler Hamilton’s announcement last Friday that he was retiring from bike racing as a result of a positive doping test was incredibly sad....
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